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[Dysphagia] audible swallow



someone once told me that they viewed the audible swallow as an "oh sh#t 
swallow,"  that your body recognizes it needs to swallow b/c it may feel 
material entering the upper airway.


>From: "Houts, Karen L" <KHouts@stanfordmed.org>
>To: dysphagia@b9.com
>Subject: RE: [Dysphagia] audible swallow
>Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 10:23:09 -0700
>
>I have seen some pts that have a audible galuping sort of sound, for lack 
>of a better way to describe it. On the VFS the bolus was poorly controlled. 
>  The valleculae & especially the pyriforms were well filled before the 
>swallow. This galuping sound was consistently timed with the retropulsion 
>of the material in the pharynx as the swallow was initiated & the 
>structures began to rise. I dont know if what we heard was the actual 
>motion of the material or the air being pushed thru the material as the 
>area is compressed. However each of these people had good airway protection 
>so it wasnt that important. I just consider the sound a bit of a red flag 
>that may or may not require any intervention depending on the rest of the 
>picture.
>
>                                                                            
>                                           Karen Houts OTR/L-SWC
>
>	-----Original Message-----
>	From: dysphagia-bounces@b9.com on behalf of M. Tervo
>	Sent: Tue 8/30/2005 5:19 PM
>	To: dysphagia@b9.com
>	Cc:
>	Subject: [Dysphagia] audible swallow
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>	I heard at a conference that a audible swallow is a disordered swallow.  I 
>have been unable to locate any info that explains the details of this...can 
>anyone please explain this further?
>
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